Books & Academic Reports by Alessandra Ricci
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This work presents results of chemical analysis performed to glass tesserae, originating from the... more This work presents results of chemical analysis performed to glass tesserae, originating from the monastery of Satyros located at Küçükyali (Istanbul) and dated to the Middle and Late Byzantine periods. The chemical analysis measurements showed that all but one of the samples were soda-lime glasses with low potassium and magnesium indicating that they were produced by mineral natron as a flux, while the outlier was identified as natural black glass. Furthermore, the contents of lime and alumina together with the titanium oxide were quite heterogeneous suggesting that the tesserae were produced from different sand sources. Additionally, the samples were of various colors with most of them having antimony as opacifier agent while one had tin. The presence of antimony and other minor oxides suggests that the tesserae could have been produced by recycling of earlier colored glass because they occur in concentrations higher than those attributable to impurities in the raw materials but too low to have any technological significance.
Philomelion/Akşehir has long been underestimated as an important site for the study of Byzantine ... more Philomelion/Akşehir has long been underestimated as an important site for the study of Byzantine material culture. However, it lies at one of the most important crossroads in Asia Minor, which connected traffic from Syria and the East over mountain passes to the Aegean (Ephesus, Smyrna), to the Mediterranean (Antalya) and towards Bursa, Nicaea and Constantinople. This is the first report of the project is concerned with collecting, documenting, and mapping archaeological finds and reused spolia in the area in and around the city of Akşehir (ancient and Byzantine Philomelion), a former border city between the Seljuk Sultanate and the Byzantine Empire.
All rights of the images and texts published in this volume belong to the person and institutions... more All rights of the images and texts published in this volume belong to the person and institutions concerned. No part of it, or all, may be published, printed, reproduced, using any mechanical, optical or electronic means including photocopying without prior written permission by the publisher.
AnnA tAKoumi, The use of the past in late Byzantine reality: The promotion of the 10th-century sa... more AnnA tAKoumi, The use of the past in late Byzantine reality: The promotion of the 10th-century saint Nikon "the Metanoeite" as equal-to-the-apostles on the laconian churches, Peloponnese (13th14th centuries
Garb al-Andalus (South-West of the Iberian peninsula) during the 9th-10th centuries: archaeometri... more Garb al-Andalus (South-West of the Iberian peninsula) during the 9th-10th centuries: archaeometric analysis and historic interpretations J. Beltrán De Heredia, N. Miró I Alaix, El horizonte cerámico de Barcelona en el siglo XVIII: producciones locales e importaciones G. Bianchi, Α. Briano, E. Sibilia, nEu-Med Project: the results from thermoluminescence (TL) analysis on sparse glazed ware from Southern Tuscany N. Poulou, E. Nodarou, The 12th century under the microscope: middle-late Byzantine pottery from the cistern of Agia Anna in Eleutherna, Crete S.Y. Waksman, A new pottery workshop in Constantinople / Istanbul and new archaeometric results on Byzantine White Wares
Garb al-Andalus (South-West of the Iberian peninsula) during the 9th-10th centuries: archaeometri... more Garb al-Andalus (South-West of the Iberian peninsula) during the 9th-10th centuries: archaeometric analysis and historic interpretations J. Beltrán De Heredia, N. Miró I Alaix, El horizonte cerámico de Barcelona en el siglo XVIII: producciones locales e importaciones G. Bianchi, Α. Briano, E. Sibilia, nEu-Med Project: the results from thermoluminescence (TL) analysis on sparse glazed ware from Southern Tuscany N. Poulou, E. Nodarou, The 12th century under the microscope: middle-late Byzantine pottery from the cistern of Agia Anna in Eleutherna, Crete S.Y. Waksman, A new pottery workshop in Constantinople / Istanbul and new archaeometric results on Byzantine White Wares
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Anatolia Antiqua XXVI, 2018
The land walls of Constantinople, built in the early
years of the 5th century, substantially rein... more The land walls of Constantinople, built in the early
years of the 5th century, substantially reinforced the
city’s defenses while contributing to the creation of
the capital’s urban identity. This paper considers a
rarely touched-upon subject, that of the usage of agricultural
spaces within the land walls and their immediate
vicinity. The presence of horticultural activities
noted along present-day sections of the land walls
represents the intangible memory of patterns of usage
now traceable to the Late Antique period.
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years of the 5th century, substantially reinforced the
city’s defenses while contributing to the creation of
the capital’s urban identity. This paper considers a
rarely touched-upon subject, that of the usage of agricultural
spaces within the land walls and their immediate
vicinity. The presence of horticultural activities
noted along present-day sections of the land walls
represents the intangible memory of patterns of usage
now traceable to the Late Antique period.
years of the 5th century, substantially reinforced the
city’s defenses while contributing to the creation of
the capital’s urban identity. This paper considers a
rarely touched-upon subject, that of the usage of agricultural
spaces within the land walls and their immediate
vicinity. The presence of horticultural activities
noted along present-day sections of the land walls
represents the intangible memory of patterns of usage
now traceable to the Late Antique period.
nel dicembre 2022, questo volume, attraverso l’apporto
di alcuni specialisti nello studio dei diversi
aspetti degli studi bizantini, propone una riflessione
a 360° su quanto, dell’apparentemente esotico e
remoto mondo dell’Impero d’Oriente – di cui oggi
la maggior parte delle persone fatica anche a riconoscere
il posizionamento all’interno delle carte
geografiche –, sia ancora rintracciabile nella cultura
europea moderna e contemporanea. L’idea è quella
di rendere Bisanzio meno lontana da noi e, anche,
di comprendere come alcuni fenomeni geopolitici
dell’oggi siano meglio leggibili se abbiamo chiaro
quanto l’Impero, che ebbe Costantinopoli come capitale,
abbia seminato, soprattutto (ma non esclusivamente)
in diverse regioni dell’Europa centroorientale.